THE PEARLESS MEMORIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 4

THE PEARLESS MEMORIAL

IT is altogether fitting that the memory uf Colonel Pearless should be perpetual ed in tin's district-. The .Memorial Crates which have been erected at Wake field are on the main road and l hey will stand for generations as the memorial to one who was indeed a man. At a gathering at Wakefield sonic few years ago, General Sir G. Richardson referred to Colonel Pearless as "that grand old warrior." a tribute that rang true to those who knew him. Colonel Pearless came to New Zealand in 1884 and from the beginning he was attached to the Volunteer Service as a medical officer, lie was Surgeon-Major of the Waimra Hides in 1085: served with the Nov. Zealand forces in the South African War, in 1902: was Principal Medical Of fuel of the Nelson Military District with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, in 1903: in 1914 he joined the Main Body uf the New Zealand Expeditionary Eorce. ami served in Egypt and on Gallipoli (where he was wounded) and in France, and thus served through the duration of the Great, War. Tie wore the Queen's South African medal with two clasps, the Victoria Decoration, and the medals awarded to New Zealandets for service in the Great War. including the Gallinoli Star. Colonel Pear less was the oldest man on Gallipoli and was never out of the trenches. The memory of unstinted and unselfish service is perpetuated by the Memorial.